Trousers hanger



Nov. 19, 1940. J, D, McOsKER 2,222,232

TROUSERS HANGER Filed July 7, 1959 Patented Nov. 19, 1940 PATENT OFFICETROUSERS HANGER Joseph McOsker, Allston, Mass.

Application July 7, 1939, Serial No. 283,268

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers, beingespecially directed to hangers for trousers. The ordinary type of:garment hanger includes a cross bar over which the legs of the trousersare hung. Inasmuch as this cross bar comprises a thin wire in themajority of instances, it follows that there is a noticeable crease whenthe garment is removed from the hanger.

This objectionable feature is overcome herein by a novelty in theconstruction of the improved hanger, and the latter also includes anarrangement whereby the assemblage of the hanger parts is facilitatedconsiderably in the original manufacture. With this preamble in mind,the objects of the invention are as follows:

First, to provide a trousers hanger wherein a movable clamping bar worksin conjunction with a fixed transverse or tie bar to suspend thetrousers between them, a feature of especial importance comprising theflattening of the confronting sides of said bars to expand the contactsurface and produce a better grip on the garment than if said bars weremerely rounded, as well as to avoid the objectionable crease whichoccurs from the latter.

Second, to provide a special construction of clamping bar whereby saidbar can be permanently affixed to the frame after the latter has beencompletely formed.

Third, to provide a trousers hanger wherein the clamping bar is slottedat each of its ends, the slot at one end being excessively long topermit the preliminary mounting of the clamping bar upon the sides ofthe wire frame, whereupon the stay pin is driven through to shorten theexcessively long slot to the size whereat end movement of the clampingbar is prohibited.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved trousers hanger, alsoillustrating its manner of use.

Figure 2 is a cross section taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the hanger.

Figure 4 is a cross section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of one end of the clamping bar,particularly illustrating the excessively long slot and the stay pin.

The garment hanger is generally designated I. It comprises a rectangularwire frame consisting of the sides 2, the supporting bar 3 whichconnects the sides 2 at the bottoms, and the top cross bar 4 whichconnects the sides at the tops. Said cross bar has the hook 5 madeintegrally with it. The supporting bar 3 has a medial indentation 6 forthe purpose of accommodating the extra thickness of the seams l of thetrousers legs 8 5 when the garment is inserted in the manner shown inFigs. 1 and 2.

A clamping bar 9 is movably carried by the hanger frame. Said bar isusually made of wood. It is desirably made much larger than thesupporting bar 3 in cross sectional size. Said bar is also desirablymade cross sectionally round so that the portion I of the garment (Fig.2) will lie upon the bar on an easy curve and thus avoid imparting acrease. To the latter end the confronting surfaces of the bars 3, 9, areflattened at ll, [2. This flattening produces a fiat-sided passage forthe adjacent portion of the garment. Notwithstanding the fact that thebar 9 is much larger than the bar 3, it would play its part in leaving acrease where it bears down on the medially situated portion of thegarment.

By flattening the confronting faces as stated, the possibility of makingthe crease is greatly minimized, and, in fact, eliminated when thegarment is not left handing too long. It is readily seen from Fig. 2that in applying the garment portion I0 over the bars 3, 9 from oppositesides, that a very effective support is produced.

A feature of no little importance relates to the clamping bar 9. Thisbar is intended to be fitted into the hanger frame after the latter hasbeen manufactured completely in its rectangular shape. For the purposein mind the clamping bar 9 is slotted at l3, Id at its ends (Fig. 4),the slot l4 being excessively long. The purpose of this provision is toprovide suflicient slot space at M to enable the bar end l (Fig. 4) tobe swung around into position to the inside of the side 2 at the rightof the frame. It is readily seen that this can be accomplished by movingthe clamping bar 9 over far enough to make the side 2 at the left restat the bottom of the long slot I4. Said bottom then becomes the fulcrumfor the foregoing swinging of the clamping bar 9 into position.

After this has been achieved the clamping bar 9 is moved far enough tothe right to secure an easy sliding fit of thebase of the slot IS withthe side 2 at the right whereupon a stay pin I6 is driven through thatend of the bar 9 having the slot l4, and in such a position across saidslot as to again secure an easy sliding fit of the stay pin with theside 2 at the left. Said pin is intended to remain permanently but itwould be possible to drive it out with a pointed instrument if theoccasion should ever arise to take the clamping bar 9 out.

The latter provision is important from the standpoint of manufacture ofthe trousers hanger. The devices can be produced quickly in lots ifthere is no necessity for having to embody the movable clamping bar 9.The rectangular forms are transferred to a worker other than the one whomakes them, and by inserting the long slot I4 all the way it becomes aneasy matter to quickly emplace the clamping bar 9 and secure it in itsmovable position by driving the stay pin [6 across.

I claim:

1. A trousers hanger comprising a wire frame including a pair of sidesand a connecting supporting bar, a clamping bar working in conjunctionwith said supporting bar, the ends of the clamping bar having slots ofwhich one is longer than the other to provide for a sufficient endmotion of the long slot along one of the sides to permit the emplacementof the other slotted end upon the other side, a stay pin driven acrosssaid long slot to shorten the effective length thereof and preventfurther end movement of the clamping bar, said bars being adapted tohave the trousers legs applied therearound, said supporting bar havingan indentation for the tron-- sers seam, and both bars being flattenedon their confronting sides to broaden the contact surfaces thereofagainst said legs.

2. For use in conjunction with a closed Wire frame having parallelsides, a clamping bar to be movably carried by said frame, the ends ofsaid bar being slotted and one of the slots being longer than the other,the distance between the bottom of the long slot and the opposite end ofthe clamping bar being less than the distance between the parallel sidesto permit swinging said opposite end into the frame for alining therespective slot with the respective side, the other side serving as afulcrum against the bottom of said long slot, and a stay pin adapted tobe driven across the long slot to shorten the effective length thereofand prevent end movement of the clamping bar.

JOSEPH D. MCOSKER.

